All posts by Sten Hankewitz

Estonia 19th in the Forbes Best Countries for Business list
December 18, 2015 · No comments

Estonia has come 19th in this year’s Best Countries for Business list, compiled by the...

Estonia ranks seventh in English Proficiency Index
December 6, 2015 · No comments

Estonia ranks seventh in the fifth annual EF English Proficiency Index, the ranking is out...

Estonia 16th in the World Bank’s ease of doing business index
October 28, 2015 · No comments

Estonia has ranked 16th in the World Bank’s ease of doing business index, placing right...

UK troops to be deployed to Estonia
October 9, 2015 · No comments

The United Kingdom is to deploy its troops to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland; according...

Estonia submits war movie “1944” for the foreign language Oscar consideration
September 17, 2015 · No comments

Estonia has selected Elmo Nüganen’s war movie, “1944”, as the country’s submission for the foreign...

TransferWise chosen as a technology pioneer by the World Economic Forum
August 10, 2015 · No comments

The Estonian-British startup, TransferWise, has been chosen as a technology pioneer by the World Economic...

Estonian-founded ZeroTurnaround secures US$5 million in series B financing
July 9, 2015 · No comments

ZeroTurnaround, the Estonian-founded producer of developer tools for creating quality software, has announced it has...

Pipedrive and TransferWise founders win at The Europas
June 17, 2015 · No comments

The Estonian startup, Pipedrive, won the Best B2B Startup of the Year award and the...

Sten Hankewitz: Grow up, Estonia
June 11, 2015 · 153 comments

Recently, Estonia started to work harder on strengthening its talent pool by trying to make...